Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 19 April 2020
Topic: A Living Hope
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-19
Message: Peter wrote to believers who had been scattered to several places because of persecution. He addressed them as pilgrims and God’s elect. This means that every believer is a pilgrim on a journey to heaven. They are God’s elect, having taken the decision to surrender their lives to Christ. Therefore they have aligned themselves to the eternal plan of the omniscient God, who chose them from eternity.
The Daily Fountain Devotional 19 April 2020 – A Living Hope
The resurrection of Jesus gave the Church a living hope. This hope is alive, active and does not disappoint (Rom 5:5). It is obtained when one becomes born again and this gives such a one access to an inheritance that cannot perish or fade. On this hope, the believer rests his confidence that he will be raised to life eternal like Jesus on the resurrection day.This is the hallmark of our Christian faith which should not be trifled with.
Verse 6 encourages believers to be joyful in trials and temptations because trials are means of refining and proving the genuineness of our faith. God allows them to come our way not to destroy us but to make us better. Jesus our Lord passed through them and overcame. We should not give in to bitterness and despair when they come, because he who overcomes, shall be saved.
Meditate: “Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who shall tread down our enemies.” (Psalm 60:11)
Prayer
Lord, enable me rest my life on this living Hope.